Ruth Emily Rosenberg

Ruth Emily Rosenberg is Associate Professor of Music History at University of Illinois Chicago, specializing in ethnomusicology and sound studies. Her research examines music in colonial encounters, French travel literature, and soundscapes of empire.

Publications analyze musical representations in 19th-century French travelogues and colonial documents, investigating how sound mediated cross-cultural encounters. Current work explores musical exchanges between France and its colonies in North Africa and the Caribbean.